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[Sarah Bennett via Twitter]
AROUND 50 PEOPLE have turned out on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for a demonstration calling for Garth Brooks to be allowed play all five nights of his planned ‘comeback event’ in Croke Park.
It follows a week-and-a-half of controversy over the gigs since Dublin City Council announced last week that concerts could only go ahead on three of the five nights originally booked.
It had appeared a resolution might be reached on Thursday, but the day ended with promoters Aiken rejecting a compromise proposal from the Council, that matinee performances could also be held over the three days, allowing all ticket-holders to attend.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1 this afternoon, reporter Maura Treasa Ní Cheallaigh, who is at the protest, said those taking part “seemed to be blaming the system”.
Several fans said they should never have been sold tickets if there was a chance of the gigs not going ahead, Ní Cheallaigh said.
[image: Sinead Corcoran]
Brooks himself said in a statement last week that he would “go to the last second” in his efforts to try and get the five scheduled nights back.
He urged the “powers that be” in Ireland to try and find a resolution while his concert gear was still on the way over, and before ticket-holders are given refunds.
Ticketmaster is to begin automatically refunding customers from Tuesday.
First posted at 12.50pm.
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Reeling in the Years 2014 will be an extended special at this rate
It will be called.. Reeling in the money Garth Special 2014, sponsored by Aiken Promotions.
Bleedin culchies shaming the nation. Where were they when the social welfare was being cut?
#bleedindisgrace
Oi don’t tar all culchies with the same brush! Some of us have a smattering of dignity. It’s buried deep admittedly.
I have a job but that doesn’t mean I can have empathy for those less well off than meself. Typical culchies attitude, only care about pig food and Garth Brooks. Ya don’t hear me complaining about wealth generated in Dublin being used to prop up your one horse towns.
Most of the people who are not working don’t want to. Otherwise how come the East Europeans can come here, barely speaking the language and get work. That’s always been the case. Anyone who wants to work can get a job, if not here then in London. Even if you get a crap job, you can then progress to better jobs if you’re any good. No able bodied man should be allowed draw the dole for more than 3 months.
Garth Brooks ????……Never heard of him !
Journal
could you not have turned the camera around 180 degrees and taken a photo of the protestors who are out there demonstrating about the slaughter of young innocent Palestinian children rather than a bunch of mé féiners who have nothing better to worry about than a cancelled gig. You really have your priorities right today!!
Ann, where are the demonstrators demonstrating against the Palestinians kidnapping and murdering 3 teenage Israelis? Where are the demonstrators demonstrating against the Islamic fundamentalists slaughtering thousands in northern Iraq?
I’ll tell you where they are Willy – nowhere, you don’t deserve or get sympathy when you occupy another mans country and slaughter and inter innocent children. You want to talk about Palestine and Israel – move on to that story. The only purpose I had in mentioning it was to point out the ridiculousness and pettiness of those who feel so hard done by when the rest of us have more important things to be worrying about and then fact that the Journal had reported on this demonstration before the more important one.
Technically everyone from ireland is classed as a cultchie by people outside ireland. Just sayin
WOW Ann, that’s some hardcore hatred girl!! I’m almost impressed by the ferocity of it.
Ah inbred dubs what more can ya expect as statistics show us culchies end up with more qualifications better jobs and paying your dole so quit because I am really fed up with the unnecessary attacks on the people that worked and built the country ie the culchies
Where are you living in Connemara maybe
g@bshite
Ann, no one is occupying anyone’s land. The people in that area have been fighting over land since history was first recorded. The Israelis have a legitimate ownership of Israel conferred by the precursor to the UN.
Then the Israelis were invaded by massively overwhelming numbers of Arabs but the Israelis won those wars. Democracies tend to defeat dictatorships. Israel originally kept the land they won from their invaders but later traded most of it for peace.
The terrorists in the Gaza strip, most of whom are refugees from other Muslim countries, so are not “Palestinians”, refuse point blank to negotiate with Israel. That’s the status. They want to destroy Israel. They don’t want peace. They’re are fanatics and Islamic fundamentalists.
The anti-Semitic left in Ireland have warped your view of history. Ireland have a long history of hating the Jews, like most “Christian” countries.
PS Here’s something I’ve just read. Even their fellow Muslim Arabs want Hamas in Gaza defeated.
Over the past week there are voices coming out of Egypt and some Arab countries — voices that publicly support the Israeli military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. They see the atrocities and massacres committed by Islamists on a daily basis in Iraq and Syria and are beginning to ask themselves if these serve the interests of the Arabs and Muslims.
“Thank you Netanyahu and may God give us more [people] like you to destroy Hamas!” — Azza Sami of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
Isolated and under attack, Hamas now realizes that it has lost the sympathy of many Egyptians and Arabs.
An uncomfortable moment during an April 2014 meeting between PA President Abbas and Egyptian President Sisi. (Image source: Video from President Abbas’ Office)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has thus far turned down appeals from Palestinians and other Arabs to work toward achieving a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned Sisi and urged him to intervene to achieve an “immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. Abbas later admitted that his appeal to Sisi and (other Arab leaders) had fallen on deaf ears. Sisi’s decision not to intervene in the current crisis did not come as a surprise. In fact, Sisi and many Egyptians seem to be delighted that Hamas is being badly hurt. Some Egyptians are even openly expressing hope that Israel will completely destroy Hamas, which they regard as the “armed branch of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization.”
Sisi’s Egypt has not forgiven Hamas for its alliance with Muslim Brotherhood and its involvement in terrorist attacks against Egyptian civilians and soldiers over the past year.
I must agree William. These people have no idea how lucky we are in this country and have nothing else to do with their time apart from make a show of themselves.
Were you looking in the mirror when you came up with that word empty larder better name for you.
William – you’ll be telling me next that there really was a famine and that the six counties actually belong to the UK.
Ann, I’m afraid your apparent double sarcasm comment went over my head.
We are making an absolute fool out of our selves as a nation…
Ah Journal will you stop this nonsense.
50 people making complete fools of themselves. Bringing disgrace on themselves and the country. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of others all over the country who are just as bad.
Ok, enough now…
You bought tickets SUBJECT TO LICENCE, the licence wasn’t granted. Grow up & stop throwing your toys out of the pram – judging by the “artist”, you all became adults a long time ago!
Maybe they’re protesting ironically, in which case it’s genius!
…doubt it though.
There’s another 50 or so outside the Dáil
You mean the protesters may be hipster’s?
50 or so people embarrassing the country ? Are they not inside the Dail ?
Getting to a stage where john Delaney’s idea of asking FIFA can Ireland be the 33rd team in a 32 team World Cup after Henry’s handball in that play-off was a stroke of genius!!!! Delaney for the top job!!!!!!!!!
The protesters probably asked the homeless sleeping around the GPO to move out of the way so they could set up camp. A new low in this debacle!
That’s a hundred so of they had another 250 people the council would have to listen and maybe overturn their decision…….NOT.!…FFS the party is over!. We all have enough of this debacle. Nothing to see here. Move on.
“we are”? Along with the vast majority of the population I couldn’t give 2 fiddlers farts whether the concerts go ahead or not.
There are several causes Ireland could be protesting about….this is way down in priority!
whatabouthte
Let him play? He turned down three gigs then four. He maintains he’s doing it for the money… sorry I mean fans.
About 50 out of 400,000 wow the people have spoken
0.0125%
And he’s now got his 5 gigs over 3 days after he initially suggested matinee performances. Now that’s been rejected. Time to move on from this clown.
Eh….Garth Brooks concerts are cancelled ? Next thing people will be saying Pat Kenny is gone to Newstalk.
Paul , that joke is sooo old now it’s not even funny anymore.
So Pat Kenny is gone to Newstalk ? Holy sh#t. I have to get out more.
James he will get paid for the 5 regardless if he plays them or not!
No he won’t joe would you expect to be paid for not doing your job ? as if aiken have €15m spare to just pay him for not showing up
Those are the 50 that bought the 400,000 tickets. Uber fans or what
He will have insurace to cover it so he will get most of it,,,
Leave it now Paul.
Aiken said he has no insurance on The Business on RTE 1 Radio last Sunday!!!
He said it, so it must be true, right??
Going to cost Aiken 7 figures apparently.
Please go home and stop making fool’s of yourselves.
where were all the protests for the residents of priory hall, the tuam babies, the way our country is being run, the bankers, the people that are being made homeless every day of the week! i am sick to death with garth brooks, the world is in turmoil and this group have nothing better to do on a saturday…..its a pity they would give some of their evident spare time to some of the organisations looking after the homeless…to help them peel spuds or wash dishes for the hundreds of people around the country , …garth brooks is a wealthy man and i am sure he could careless if every preforms in ireland ever again….
Correct ann-nation of wafflers-only when their pocket gets hit,then they might get off the sofa to protest!..
“to help them peel spuds”
are you being sarky?
How many protests have the pair of ye organised :)
The world is in turmoil? You’re watching too much Fox News.
Ann
In a nutshell, well said
Protesting in 2014 would not help the tuam babies unfortunately.
Who has fox news outside of the US?
@ paudi onail, certainly not being sarky? do you know what it is like to peel spuds for dinners, these organisations cant afford to get them peeled and chopped the money goes on providing food for people not convenience for the volunteers…..such a pity this is what you found to be the most important thing to comment on!
@ conor…no not fox news! might be worth your while to watch rte, bbc etc every now and again there is a place called syria and………..
Arrest them all for stupidity
They march on the street for a fat cowboy but when the government robs us blind and screws us over, they are nowhere to be seen
They’d rather get robbed by a fat cowboy using them as rehearsal fodder for a world tour
Would getting an extra mass help?
Scarlet for them losers. How sad, spend your Saturday with your family.
They think Garth Brooks is their family. He’s told them he loves them.
These people must live seriously miserable lives.
No one could call that living.
Darwin had a point. We know where to start the cull now.
Saps
Who were protesting. The ticket touts?
Ticket touts will get paid again if concert is cancelled so they are laughing again
Why the are on a winner have all ready sold tickets and gotten a refund!
They should picket Aiken. He made a total mess of the whole thing
This could only happen in Ireland what sort of clown protests about such a pathetic issue? O I forget cowboys get a life.
It’s Garth Brook’s they should have hung off the stack of pallets up North.
Garth Brooks * IS * being let play. He rejected the conditions. Twice. He is subject to Irish laws when he is in Ireland, just like all of the rest of us.
Get over yeerselves and go home. Scarlet for yee.
You know this isn’t the “law”, but the whim of a jumped up civil servant – give licence to all concerts and no law is broken, not give licence and no law is broken… Never lose sight that the elected representatives can overturn anything the county managers decide, and they should talk to their constituents and do this. Not holding council civil service accountable is why planning corruption got out of hand.
Alien8, the GAA only have a licence based planning laws and on a legal agreement with the local residents to hold THREE concerts in a 12 month period at Croke Park. They used them all up. Tough.
They are in breach of this legal agreement (contract) and no licence can be issued as they have used up all the days. The GAA knew that, Aiken knew that, the residents and Dublin City Council knew that.
“Not holding council civil service accountable is why planning corruption got out of hand.” — This is a civil servant that is actually sticking to the planning laws and people are complaining???
And the Councillors have not chosen to do this, therefore the decision is law and the law stands.
Hate to break it to you, but civil servants draft many decisions at local and national level n this country, and the elected representatives acquiesce. Doesn’t make those decisions any less the law of the land once passed. Garth Brooks is lucky enough to have had enough influence to have the conditions of his licence revisited. He rejected the rules on both occasions. The buck stops with his decision. End of.
Wish I knew someone from that picture so I could never let them forget it
I do know someone who’s there… ;-)
This Brooks craic is painful now…
Love to baton charge that crowd
Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge?
Spray them with raw slurry
Doesnt matter what the colour is.
‘Put on your shit-kickers and kick some shit’
Whilst I feel some sympathy for Brooks’ fans, this is just taking the p**s. We are being subjugated to austerity policies on a daily basis in this country, high tax rates, no real sign of job creation, water tax (double taxation), property tax (yet many spent thousands on stamp duty), high cost of food, expensive education (note it is not free, no matter what they tell you), a broken health care system due to the ineptitude of the HSE management (its saving grace are the fantastic medical staff), lack of social housing, outrageously priced childcare, which alienates women from the work force, politicians who seem to enter politics not on ideological reasons but as money hungry leeches etc etc. And then we have these clowns, to put it nicely, protesting. Have these fools protested against the unforgivable rate of homelessness in our cities and towns. Have they protested at the throng of our young having to leave to find work. Have they protested at the injustice of the Palestinians, or the asylum seekers effectively imprisoned in appalling conditions here. Have the protested at the continuing divide between rich and poor in Ireland. Have they taken their backsides to the street to protest for the rights of women???? Something tells me they haven’t, that the majority of these people are clowns. Not only are we a laughing stock world wide, these people are making us look like complete idiots. Maybe it’s true…maybe the idiots have finally taken over the world.
Facepalm – to go the GPO! Connolly and Pearce spinning!
Yes Aine and they could have protested against the “Palestinians” kidnapping and murdering three Israeli teenagers and then launching 500 rockets at Israel.
Shinner II
You can’t get people out to protest the daily dose of dick-in-the-arse we’re subjected to by our fearless leaders but for this they’ll give up a summer Saturday?
Anyone want to meet me outside the GPO with a dozen eggs?
@ fergal….ha ha ha
All the sh*t this country has gone through in recent years and it takes a poxy concert to get people protesting.
Let him play…with the traffic.
This protest was clearly organised by the same people who tried to organise the gigs… shambles
PLEASE STOP!!!!
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Its canceled get over it
Why aren’t they protesting about water charges, property taxes, homelessness and poverty on the streets of every county in Ireland instead they are protesting for an overweight singer millionaire that has made his money along time ago.
Have people nothing better to do, 800 bodies of babies were found in a septic tank, babies that may have been experimented on, This allowed by the Catholic Church !!!!!! And nothing, One country western singer acting the p***k and there’s a protest?? Disgusted, No wonder out country I’d f*****
What a pity these people din’t come out and protest when the government decided to plunge the people of Ireland into poverty, or protest about house repossessions, house tax, water tax, need I go on. What a sorry excuse of a nation we are if people think this is even important.
Another shinner!
Another significant moment in Irish history for the GPO. I hear they’re marching to the Dail now. Make it stop.
@ laura, actually thats what makes me sick, people fought and died for our country in the GPO and this crowd us it to protest over garth brooks
Garth Brooks. Enough already. Those people should get a life.
Let Garth Play?
The only person standing in the way of Garth playing is Garth.
We don’t live life on Garth’s terms. When I die, Garth Brooks life won’t flash before my eyes.
He’ll play three gigs, but will add 40% to price of merchandise!
Pure GREED
These people should be euthanised or at least sterilised
This comment is in poor taste.
One does not simply say that.
What one does not simply do is advocate the euthanasia or sterilisation of a group of people because they hold an opposing view to one’s own.
I can smell the manure from that picture alone.
Careful now.
Hangsangwhiches at dawn…..
Extremist line dancers have been identified in the crowd…public order vans are on stand by….
Are we sure this wasn’t an undercover Orange Order march…
The eyes on those protesters look very close together.
His fans are embarrassing themselves and Ireland in front if the world by pandering to his ego. Cop on and get in with your lives. The amount of important stories which have gone un noticed because of the coverage given by the journal and every other Irish publications is bewildering and but lets you know the state of the Irish media.
Very 80s looking pictures
Well it is Dublin. What do you expect?? A modren 21st century city ???
What pictures are you looking at? Cant see much of Dublin in those pictures.
Ohh Paddy from Cork, should have known. How original…..
@bobby. TBH I red thumbed myself for that one.
Probably boggers up in the city for the day!!
Someone told them it was 8th December. Heard Galway Girl chorus floating on the wind out in the burbs.
yea probably, hopefully they get home safe.
Everyone is entitled to protest,whatever the cause,at least there not mouthing off behind a laptop and whining to joe Duffy today-great nation of yappers and no action…snobbery and there are more ppl outside Dublin that matter as well,Ireland is 26 counties,not the m50!!..
‘mouthing off behind a laptop’?
very odd image lol
I think you’re spot on here Shane.
A lot of the comments here are asking why people are willing to get out and protest about this, but not about austerity, the bank guarantee, the Tuam babies, etc. Well I don’t see any evidence that this legion of keyboard warriors has exactly been mobbing the GPO protesting about those things or anything at all for that matter.
Here we have a handful of people who are willing to voice their opinion publicly about something they care about; and it’s something that can still be brought to a satisfactory outcome. If you want to protest about other “more important” things, get out and do it; don’t waste your breath criticising people because they’re voicing their own opinion rather than yours.
Also, as I see it, anyone who thinks this is somehow damaging our national reputation (whatever that even means) has a poor understanding of how people form lasting opinions about other countries.
Groan. Mouthing off behind a keyboard about mouthing off behind a keyboard about a man who couldn’t care less about people here mouthing off behind their keyboards (as long as he gets paid in full)
Endless recursion ensues.
It’s a good indicator as to how sick society is when people are prepared to protest over something like this but not Palestinians getting blown to pieces or any other worthwhile cause. Protest over lack off entertainment versus Protest over destruction of human life. Compartmentalisation at its best
For christ sake, the world is goin to sh*t, other countries are protesting ACTUAL problems all over the world and all we have is a protest for a poxy country and western concert. Im embarrassed for this country
In front of the GPO are they being serious? Do they not know how those bullet holes got into those pillars and who they were aimed at?
I would hate to see if the country needed a bail out ,or if we had over 400,000 unemployed or our health service was on the point of collapse ….WOW what would happen then??
Theese people turned out for protest today for something so trivial where they on monday night when workers were marching for their terms& conditions (greyhound staff)
Get over it Ireland!
And yet nobody protests when a Deafness support agency is shut down in Ireland.
Is it true the band “Simple Minds” are playing at the protest?
Lol very good
A bunch of hillbillies! Should be ashamed of themselves protesting over a night out.
don’t worry, you’ve got the usual o’connell street protests to look forward to tonight. enjoy now! hee haw!
Peter Aiken has made some serious mistakes. He should have not sold tickets for 5 concerts if he only had licence for 3. People who have lost out financially such as ticket purchasers, hotels, restaurants, pubs etc may have grounds to sue Peter Aitken, Garth Brooks and the GAA for damages.
He had a license for none when he sold the tickets.
David, now don’t be coming on here spouting facts. Very bad form.
Any new interesting news stories out there
This has become monotonous
Garth this country doesn’t have a stadium big enough for your ego , I’d say five more nights just for your ego , no backing band no million inch screen nothing but your ego .
I feel great now !
Maybe they could put Brooks’ ego in a glass case (if they could find one big enough) and put it on display in the GPO. ‘Fans’ could file past and pay their tributes, sign a book of condolences and then collect their complimentary cassettes on the way out?
Was it for this the wild geese spread
This is what people protest about, I fear for the future of Irish society…
Boo boo boo Brooks
50 simpletons..thank god it was such a small number..their is hope afterall
This is the definition of a first world problem….
Very astute Clara and most likely the most cruel but true depiction of the so called first world society we live in..well said.
Stop commenting on these articles..You’re all breathing life into this sham by doing so. Sick to death of it. Who gives a flying firetruck about that this. Country is making a show of itself. Bury the hatchet Journal.
50 people in their own little stupid, ignorant bubble.
All the nonsense this country is currently in and was in, and these people travel to Dublin to protest over a music event?
These are the very people that wouldn’t protest about real matters, but will for a poxy gig?
Why not march to Dublin City Council Offices or Croke Park? The GPO, seriously?
Ah. Yes. That’ll get the sados even more attention?
I’m delighted the gigs are off with a#$eholes like this about, they dont deserve nothing, in the words of Father Damien (Oasis or Blur!) from Father Ted,
“Its only a bleedin concert!”
Can we just forget about this clown
An article about a protest of 50 people..The journal is just taking the piss now..Enough ffs
High res photos of their faces to shame them further down the line. These same people will sit on their arses when something serious happens but Garth Brooks can’t have 5 shows? Out looking like a fool
There is no point mocking these people about protesting for something they want to happen, and as for serious protests in this country nobody is bothered cause there is always a list of excuses on why not to attend a rally, complaining on social media is about as good as it gets with the nation of ireland. So keep complaining.. And keep paying ur bills and taxes
Get a life
Get over it! At this stage I’m glad he’s not playing would be THE most over rated show!
Ooh a protest. Cue krusties with British accents rolling in to take over the scene. ‘Down with the authorities and blah blah’
50 people who are obviously headcases!
At least one of these muppets had the sense to cover their face!
This whole debacle is Reeling In The Years GOLD.
Are all country music fans as soft in the head as this load of failed human experiments ?
50 people protesting ??????? all must be ticket touts with nothing better to do……….Time to get over it.
Garth Brooks should come to Ireland even if it was just 100 fans, and one gig; he does not because he is greedy, shame!
More turn up to protest against austerity, homelessness, inequality etc but ain’t viewed newsworthy.
Shinner III
Wish this whole saga would just f¥ck off.
Hop back on your horse Garth and head west. We don’t love you any more
pathetic
Gobshits wouldn’t march for more important things
i’m awaiting duelling banjo’s to break out any minute up there.
Enough. Just let it go on in the backgroung. There is no longer any need to report on it.
What a pack of f#cktards. I guarantee not all of them had tickets.
Hayseeds! They are the ones who sit around and bitch and moan about everything wrong the country, but protest over a hillbilly, redneck, hayseed concert!
not a fan of him and didnt have a ticket but what i joke all this is!! the whole subject to licence thing is bull! i cant count have many times ive got concert tickets and to bigger gigs and this has never happened! no body has the right to sell 400.000 tickets and leaving it a few weeks before the gig is on to try get a licence for it ( knowing well one direction took the 3 days that were aloud play in croke park). only in ireland would this happen! and then to try fit 5 gigs into 3 days! thats the best thing they could come up with!! oh what a laughing stock this country is!
Hopefully if the concerts go ahead (and I give a sh!$) There might be a larger turnout. Seriously though these idiots could find something a lot more productive to do on a Saturday afternoon, god almighty is there any end to this nonsense! glad all the same the rain came out for this ridiculous carry on.
All that’s missing is some hicks & a rendition of Duelling Banjos. Why not get TR Dallas & Big Tom as support for the fat cowboy. If he does get the gigs he should open up with one song, and one song only – Shameless.
Bet none of them know what a tracker mortgage is.
Garth Brooks being greedy, shame
Please spin off a separate app for these stories. Considering removing journal from my phone.
You protest outside a place synonymous with our fight for independence and desecrate the national flag by writing on it. While some other idiot carries the American flag aloft. I would love to see how you would be treated by the public if you walked near any national monument in America carrying the Irish flag aloft and dragging an American flag with writing on it. Your stupidity makes me sick
This just gets more cringe worthy every single day!!
GB is a businessman. But he’s a genuine guy…he doesn’t want to disappoint some fans with a half-assed show. Remember this is 400,000 people, bigger population than Iceland. Everything he has said has been correct, the problem is here. With the tsunami of austerity imposed on us OUR Politico’s should get it sorted, and give the people WHAT THEY GODDAMNED PAID FOR.
Joke of a country were was they when the pay cuts was going on shows they all have money there probley all farmers
There’s 1500 people marching about Gaza where’s that article
Is there anything to be said for another mass ?
Cowboys Ted!! cowboys!!
Culchies eh?
with respect, where’s the article about the Palestinian protest?
The drive for five
Sad…Stick on a cd, preferably at low volume and get over it !
Its not over till the Fat Cowboy sings……hope the bugger never comes near Ireland again the muppet!
Will somebody please think of the children
This type of embarrassing shīte makes me glad I emigrated
Damn it Ireland, this is why we can’t have nice things.
Tickets touts protest too much I think
Garth brooks has discovered there’s a flaw in the system(ie Dublin city council pen pushers) and suddenly he’s the fall guy-the greed lays with Aiken,residents originally,one chap with a ding dong about the gaa,and countless hotels in Dublin jacking up their prices,so who’s to blame and who loses out?..this farce could happen again,until the planning system gets an overhaul or just stop doing gigs in croke park,full stop and let them all have there beauty sleep!!..
The two Asian lads in the second pic came some distance for the protest …ll#committed
Saps!!
They should all be put into the garden shed … Along with all the other tools !
What’s all this about?
From the US : will gladly trade you Garth for Bono . Bono could run Nashville and Garth
could run for Lord Mayor of Dublin .
It’s fast becoming embarrassing too be Irish. I hope the rest of the world is looking the other way today. ..
Surely we could suspend the constitution to allow this event take place. The Writ of Habeas Corpus should also be put in abeyance, lest there are protesters.
Well done ladies…..
MelBrooks to stage updated, open-air version of “The Producers” at Croke Park at the end of the month.
Well played Mr Brooks.
People protest about a concert when there is so many other things that they could of come out to protest about like the other protest about the killings of children in Gaza….But no Ireland shows the world that ya can take our money ya can push us around but ya can not take our Garth Brooks concerts away or they will be hell to pay ….I HAVE TO LAUGH ….Protest for Garth Brooks sad sad sad…
It’s embarrassing to be Irish once again. Once again only a screw up like this could happen in good old Ireland , course we don’t need the 30-50 million it could bring to the country , shur we only live in white thatched cottages watching the horses go by
Turned on the TV earlier and I thought I was watching embarrassing bodies because I felt sorry for them then I realised they were just the garth brooks fan club marching today !
It’s the silly season! This story would be put to rest any other time of the year. Of all the things that have happened here over the past few years this is what gets the middle class out on the streets with banners. A fat yank who wants to maximise his profits!
Ireland is literally the laughing stock of the world!! Brooks is a scuummmmbag for his handling of this. The council is a joke, the fans are rednecks, the agent is a dimwit for doing what he did. Worst of all is our head of government who intervened in such a petty mess. What a twaaattttt!!!
It’s the name calling that’s the worst thing of all .So what 50 people protested what harm did they do ???if everyone that commented here including myself got out and stood for what we are passionate about we would be a far more united nation . Instead the comment very nastily on people we don’t even know .
Give kenny and co their answer the next election, he could have intervened if he wanted to
Cake.
Systemic failure, an irish problem to an irish solution.
How about a final compromise, four nights, and one matinee?
Father ted springs to mind !!! Pity we didn’t kick up such a fuss over economic policies the last few years !!!
Up Garth
I like cake..
Phoneix park should hold everyone!!!!
Meanwhile in Gaza.
Protesting about a concert ??? Ah here Ireland cop on !!! No wonder the country is in a mess !!! Stupid idiotic people
Those protesters are barking at the wrong tree ! Please respect our law. Take the three concerts legally provided as take it or leave it
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